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This repository contains the data and scripts necessary for reproducing the results in the article "The Way Back After Backsliding: Public Opinion and the Restoration of Democracy" by Kristian Frederiksen, Robb Willer, and Michael Bang Petersen, published in Comparative Political Studies (CPS).

The repository contains the following files:


DATA FILES:
		panel.dta  (data for panel analysis)
		repeated_cross_section.dta (supplementary repeated cross section version of the panel data, employed in Appendix C and to examine attrition)
		panel_experiment.dta (data for panel-embedded experiment)
		replication_experiment.dta (data for replication experiment)


STATA 18 SCRIPTS:
		panel analysis.do  (dofile for the panel analysis, including the supplementary repeated cross section test in Appendix C and attrition)
		experiments.do (dofile for both experiments)


NOTE: Working as a codebook in combination with the main paper and appendix, the do-files are annotated to describe variable names and declare other useful information.